Nelson State of play

Contemporary 'high-end' TV drama
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-182-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

This book deals with a wide range of 'high-end', expensive and high concept, TV dramas from the UK and the USA and analyses the compositional principles of texts (technologies, institutions, economics, cultrual trends). Drama examined include Oz, Buried Carnivale, Blackpool, The Sopranos, Shameless, and Shooting the Past.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Mapping the territory; blurring the boundaries
2. Distinctive product: three kinds of quality: The Sopranos, Shooting the Past, Shameless
3. State of Play: the TV drama industry - new rules of the game
4. Pushing the envelope: 'edgy' TV drama, Sex and The City, Queer as Folk, Carnivàle
5. Techniques, technologies and cultural form
6. Between global and national: 24 and Spooks; Oz and Buried
7. 'Quality TV' in context
8. Singularity sustained: Casanova, Blackpool, State of Play

Über Autor(innen)

Nelson Robin:
Robin Nelson is Professor of Theatre and TV Drama in the Department of Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityRobin Nelson is Professor of Theatre and TV Drama in the Department of Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University